Making Trouble: Three Generations
of Funny Jewish Women
tells the story of six of the greatest female comic performers of the
last century — Molly
Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy
Wasserstein.

Hosted by
four of today’s funniest women — Judy
Gold, Jackie Hoffman, Cory Kahaney, and Jessica Kirson —
it's the true saga of what it means to be Jewish, female and funny.

"What
is it that makes funny Jewish women so funny…and so Jewish? Is it
a nose wrinkled just so, accompanied by a devilishly sexy grin or a jolting
and sarcastic punch line? Is it the acerbic humor of generations of immigrant
and first-generation women who fought for a place in America with their
brains and their wit, and at the same time needed to make a living? Making
Trouble celebrates three generations who, for all of the
reasons above, successfully went from vaudeville and the Yiddish theatre
to Broadway, from Ziegfeld’s Follies to Saturday Night Live."
-San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Critical Acclaim

“Empowering, side-splitting laughs …" – Kansas
City Jewish Chronicle

“Hilarious
and instructive…" – Bay Area Reporter

"More please!"– JewSchool

"...the
film is like a standing ovation for performers who have earned one."
– Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online\

" This
is a seriously funny film... Rich in entertainment history, the film uses
interviews with experts, scholars and entertainers as well as archival
material and rare film and television clips to bring to life these female
comedic legends." -JewishBoston.com

Making Trouble Video Clips from the Cutting Room Floor | Watch Tovah Feldshuh on Sophie Tucker, Alex Borstein on Gilda Radner's beauty, Adrienne Cooper on Molly Picon, and Wendy Wasserstein on Jewish entertainers. Official
Website: makingtrouble.comMore
on the Jewish Women's Archive and on the making of the film.Discussion
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Trailer

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$29.95

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